OT: Next-Gen CPU's & Windows 10

[Kenneth Brody]

On 1/22/2016 9:58 AM, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:
> Here is a link to a PCmag.com article which some of you might find
> interesting.
>
> Microsoft has finally figured out how to force upgrades with the help of
> the CPU manufacturers.

At first, I thought you meant that they'd come up with a way to auto-upgrade 
you to Windows 10, rather than "new CPUs won't be able to run pre-Windows 10".

I'd love to know how they do that, and are they also going to prevent any 
non-Windows O/S from running on it?

> I have a feeling that many corporation will start to resist upgrading
> hardware so as to avoid being forced to "upgrade" their OS, or they may
> just switch to Linux.

Unfortunately, what's likely to happen in many small-to-midsize companies is 
that the boss (who absolutely "must have" the latest hardware every 4-6 
months) will get a new Win10-only laptop, and then force the rest of the 
company to upgrade to Windows 10 for the sake of "sameness".

> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2498097,00.asp?mailing_id=1549405&mailing=DailyNews&mailingID=394E191E029AB32390186E3917024D83

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Kenneth Brody